COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Shenandoah University men's and women's track & field programs had a pair of top six finishes Ursinus College Saturday in the Collegeville Classic.
The two squads earned five first-place finishes placing fourth and sixth in the men's and women's events, respectively.
On the men's side, the Hornets had the fastest time in three sprint events and
Tucker Kindig continued his dominance in the throws circle with a weight throw win.
Shenandoah took first in the 60-, 200-, and 400-meter dashes.
William Crowder won the 60-meter event with a time of 6.99 seconds.
First year
Ahmal Williams won both the 200 and 400 after posting times of 23.04 seconds in the 200 and 52.47 in the 400.
Williams paced the field of 69 entries in the 200, the largest event of the day at Ursinus.
First-year
Sebastian Lopez finished third in the 200 meter dash.
Kiara Felston posted the top-finish for the the women, winning the weight throw with a toss of 14.42 meters.
Liberty Tennyson took second place with a toss of 12.88 meters.
Shenandoah had seven podium finishes including
Matthew Klocke and
Kyle Holliday going 2-3 in the 60m High Hurdles.
Wyatt Schannauer was the runner-up in the men's shot put with a personal best of 13.93 meters.
Distance runner
Erin Atkinson took second in the women's 5000 meter, running a PR of 19:36.67.
The men's 4x800m relay squad, consisting of
Elias McGhie,
Ethan Harrower,
Caleb Fargo and
Jeremy Allinger, was the runner-up thanks to a 8:32.81 finish.
Twenty-six personal-best performances were recorded on Saturday.
QUOTES FROM COACH
"The Collegeville Classic was a good final rust-buster, we have been fortunate to compete early and often in 2022. These past few weeks of training and meets will set us up for a good progression going into these bigger mid-season meets. Getting a few wins under our belt today is going to be a nice mental boost as we get back into the grind and start having to balance the academic semester starting up again."
-Head Coach Andrew Marrocco
UP NEXT
The Hornets will compete in the Winter Relays at VMI on Jan. 28 and 29.
